Bali Museum Guide Book Launched
Monday, 08 May, 2006 | 17:18 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: A book reviewing museums in Bali was launched at Gunarsa Classical Painting Museum, last weekend.

The book, which is published by Bali Museums Associations (Himusba) and entitled Treasure Islands, is expected to be a tourism guide and scientific teaching material.

In Bali, according to Himusba Head, Nyoman Gunarsa, there are 27 musems including science museums and art museums.

“So, Bali could even be called the island of museums,” said Nyoman.

The existence of these museums, said the painting maestro, also indicates the high appreciation of history of the Balinese and their creative development.

The science museums include ones in Gilimanuk, the Subak museum in Tabanan and Kirtya House in Singaraja where scripts written on Palmyra leaves are on display.

Himusba has cooperated with Richard Mann from Gateway Books International, a leading British book publisher, in the publishing of this book.

In the first stage, 5,000 copies of the book will be published in English and sold for Rp300,000 each.

Rofiqi Hasan